License Summary

CCLI Rehearsal License Summary

Welcome to CCLI’s Rehearsal License program (“Program"). This summary is an overview of the rights and benefits provided by the Program. Your understanding and adherence to the Program’s Master Terms of Agreement (the “Agreement") is necessary and important. The full Agreement can be found HERE. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this summary have the meaning given in the Agreement. By participating in the Program you agree to:

  • Comply with the terms of the Agreement.
  • Keep your Agreement in good standing by paying the annual fee when it is due.
  • Report recording Copy activity.
  • Honor the terms and conditions of this Program as outlined in the following Permitted Activities and Activities Not Permitted sections of this summary.
  • Validate the participation of each Musical Composition (“Song") before you Copy it (see how in the Recording Validation section).
  • Participate in the Program in a lawful and ethical manner.

Permitted Activities

For the sole purpose of learning and rehearsing participating Songs an active Agreement allows your Church’s music director and authorized personnel to copy and share commercial audio recordings (“Recordings") with your worship leaders, musicians and vocalists, from your Church’s proprietary website, a hosted website or a streaming service in the following manner. You may:

  • Stream (digitally transmit, retransmit, distribute and playback) Recordings in audio and/or video form.
  • Download (digitally distribute) Recordings such that the audio part can be captured, saved and stored on a personal computer or similar data device for playback.
  • Make physical copies of Recordings and distribute them on a CD, flash drive or similar device.

All rights not specified in the Agreement are reserved to and for the benefit of the copyright owner.

Activities Not Permitted

The Agreement has certain important and necessary limitations and you may not take an action that is not authorized by the Agreement, including:

  • Charging a fee or receiving compensation for any of the Permitted Activities or other activities authorized under the Agreement.
  • Recording your own version of a Song in a Recording for distribution to your Church worship leaders, musicians, vocalists or any other person.
  • Retaining Copies of Recordings for personal or other use not authorized under the Agreement as such Copies are intended only to be used as temporary audio reference Copies for learning and rehearsing Songs.
  • Assigning or transferring any rights under the Agreement to any other Church or group.

Recording Validation

To validate participating Recordings, view the list of Labels Covered by this Licence. Find a match and you’re good to go.

When in doubt, CCLI’s Customer Service is ready to help at Customer Support or 1-800-234-2446.

If any provision of this summary conflicts with the terms of the Agreement, the Agreement controls.